The island is so irreplaceable.

To a certain extent, Pazia Island is equivalent to the three eastern provinces of the Republic of China, while Batavia Island is equivalent to the Ningbo-Shanghai-Hangzhou region of the Republic of China. Although the Ningbo-Shanghai-Hangzhou area is far less large than the three eastern provinces, it is in East Asia.

The strategic position is not as important as the three eastern provinces, and the resources are not as rich as the three eastern provinces. However, there is one thing. The three eastern provinces are just a "resource area", while the Ningbo, Shanghai, and Hangzhou regions are the political, economic, cultural, and governance centers of the country. Once they are lost, they will not be able to function normally.

Ruling the country. In the three eastern provinces, this aspect is much less important.

The same is true in the South Seas. For the Netherlands, losing Batavia is equivalent to losing the East Indies. Losing Pazia is just losing Pazia.

Fifth: The most important thing is that the Netherlands no longer has any power in East Asia. It now has no cards in its hand. Even if the Ming army wants to take over the entire East Indies, it only needs to send a few more divisions calmly.

They just landed on several large islands to occupy the ground and suppress the indigenous people. There was no need to even fight. The Netherlands could only watch.

In fact, Xiang Xiaoqiang also knew that the reason why Ming Dynasty did not do this was because it did not want to invest more energy in fighting wars in Nanyang, especially when there was Beiqing in the north and Japan in the east. If the oil problem can be solved, the goal will be achieved.

Already.

Secondly, they are worried about the fear of Britain and the United States. In the eyes of Britain and the United States, the East Indies are safe in the hands of the Netherlands and pose no threat to themselves. No matter how big, rich or important the East Indies are, the Netherlands cannot

One day, the East Indies will be used as a springboard to attack Malaya and the Philippines. Once the Ming Dynasty takes control of the East Indies, it is entirely possible. At that time, the strategic situation in the entire Southeast Asia will take a turn for the worse, and the Ming Dynasty will no longer play the traditional role of Little Red Riding Hood.

Become a big bad wolf or even a big tiger.

A sword in the hands of a child and in the hands of a strong man will give people around it a completely different sense of threat. The East Indies are the sword, the Netherlands is the child, and the Ming Dynasty is the strong man.

Once Britain and the United States regard the Ming Dynasty as an imaginary enemy, it will be terrible. It is already very difficult for the Ming Dynasty's navy to compete with the Japanese navy. If possible, add the British and American navies, and the world's fourth-ranked navy can compete with the first, second, and third navies at the same time.

The Navy... Therefore, this situation must not happen.

Therefore, the conditions proposed by the Ming government were not so "absolute" in Xiang Xiaoqiang's view. In fact, he also knew that the main reason why Ming did this was because he was afraid of "breaking Batavia Island into his hands". This would turn the Netherlands into a hurry.

, is angry that he doesn’t want Batavia Island anymore (of course this seems unlikely to Xiang Xiaoqiang), then Daming will have no use holding it, and he can’t even exchange it for some money or oil.

Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly said:

"You three adults, I have a little trick. You can try how much the Netherlands can offer you."

Then he lowered his voice and spoke. The three old men looked at each other, suddenly smiled, and nodded:

"You can give it a try."

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked up at the wall clock and said:

"Without further delay, since everyone agrees, I will call someone to make arrangements immediately."
Chapter completed!